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Forty-Four Student-Athletes Earn Degrees

Forty-Four Student-Athletes Earn Degrees

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kansas State University held its spring commencement exercises on Saturday and among those receiving degrees were 44 current or former Wildcat student-athletes.

Highlighting the 44 graduates on the weekend were 13 members of the football team, nine members of the rowing squad, six women's basketball student-athletes, six from track and field, five from the equestrian team, three from baseball, and two men's basketball.

"It has been another great year for all of our student-athletes with the success they have achieved and these 44 student-athletes now have degrees to add to their accomplishments," said Jill Shields, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student Services. "Each of these student-athletes has displayed a tremendous amount of commitment and determination during their time at K-State, and we are proud to now call them K-State graduates."

K-State has had another outstanding academic year in 2014-15 as a total of 82 current or former student-athletes earned degrees in the fall and spring. Also, a total of 125 student-athletes have earned Academic All-Big 12 recognition this year, while 269 student-athletes were named to the Fall 2014 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, the most since 2008.

"Earning a degree is one of the best and most fulfilling accomplishments I've ever earned," said K-State women's basketball graduate Ashia Woods. "It was a long commitment that required discipline, intelligence and hard work, and I now feel like I'm well equipped to take on the real world."